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gives me a chance to talk to david blaine. we head up in the elevator cage protecting us from the volts, and just moments later, eye to eye with the stunt man himself. now some people might call you crazy. why are you doing this? it's hard to hear him. blaine says he's always had a fascination with electricity and becoming a human plasma ball. this is not the first time that blaine, a gluttofor punishment, has pushed the limits of the human body. he's hung upside down for more than two days over new york's central park, suspended himself in a box over the thames river for 44 days and submerged himself underwater for a week. but unlike many of his previous stunts, this one was designed to be interactive. the crowds here in new york or at pop-up stations around the world is able to control the voltage and zap blaine with a push of a button. can you feel the pain? he tells me sometimes he feels a slight tingle, but that protective suit is working. if all goes according to plan, monday night blaine will come down having accomplish
gives me a chance to talk to david blaine. we head up in the elevator cage protecting us from the volts, and just moments later, eye to eye with the stunt man himself. now some people might call you crazy. why are you doing this? it's hard to hear him. blaine says he's always had a fascination with electricity and becoming a human plasma ball. this is not the first time that blaine, a gluttofor punishment, has pushed the limits of the human body. he's hung upside down for more than two days...
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david blaine is spending three days in the middle of a million volts of electricity. the only thing reflecting that is a chain-built body suit. >> blaine fascination with electricity, as well as a human plasma ball. this is interactive. fans can control the amounts of electricity zapping him with the touch. >> i hope he doesn't have any enemies or disgruntled ex-wives out there. are you kidding me. >> from the free fall to the electricity. we're getting. >> reporter: boring. >> we've been boring a lot so -- man. >>> well, the old ball and chain may not be bad after all in. looks like hauling around your better half can pay off. >> couples all over gathered in maine for the annual wife-carrying championship over the weekend. >> can you do that? like a piggyback ride. >> i respect that. they don't have to be actually husband and wife to do this thing. the team can be, you know, friends or whatever. but they did have to skillfully navigate a tricky course. a three-foot hurdle and a pond called the widow maker. >> they won the wife's weight in beer, plus five times that i
david blaine is spending three days in the middle of a million volts of electricity. the only thing reflecting that is a chain-built body suit. >> blaine fascination with electricity, as well as a human plasma ball. this is interactive. fans can control the amounts of electricity zapping him with the touch. >> i hope he doesn't have any enemies or disgruntled ex-wives out there. are you kidding me. >> from the free fall to the electricity. we're getting. >> reporter:...
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hokus pokus performance david blaine attempts to go three days but out food and sleep all channeling electric power into more than a million volts more details on a magician stunt at our t.v. dot com. riot police in bahrain fired tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protesters after a funeral march for an activist who died in custody turn. violent demonstrators accuse the government of denying the man treatment but the authorities claim he died of a blood disease pro-forma crowds trying to reach their former hub pearl square in the capital munnabhai which is now heavily fortified by police protesters threw firebombs in iraq's tear gas canisters were hurled of them by police sunni monarchy has been cracking down on the shia opposition first some twenty months now activists demanding equal rights and the release of political prisoners including prominent human rights activist and a bill regime currently serving three years in prison in prison for attending an illegal rally former bahraini m.p. said had we says certain states only get involved when it benefits them. the problem
hokus pokus performance david blaine attempts to go three days but out food and sleep all channeling electric power into more than a million volts more details on a magician stunt at our t.v. dot com. riot police in bahrain fired tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protesters after a funeral march for an activist who died in custody turn. violent demonstrators accuse the government of denying the man treatment but the authorities claim he died of a blood disease pro-forma crowds...
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and hokus pokus performance magician david blaine attempts to go three days without food and sleep while channeling an electric current of more than a million volts for more details on the magician stunt visit r t dot com. it's a day of campaign silence in venezuela ahead of the tightly contested presidential vote the election will reveal how many lawyers how many remain loyal to the outspoken socialist leader who goes chavez his opponent and rekick a privilege as a young lawyer and staunch critic of the regime is predicted to give him a close race at the polls. as more from caracas. well the stakes could not be higher as venezuelans take to the polls to determine who will leave their country for the next six years at one end as president incumbent president hugo chavez has represented a radical change for venezuela and the region as a whole under his so-called twenty first century socialism policies where this was meant as a nationalization of certain industries as well as the use of venezuela's revenues from oil exports to really focus attention on some of the poorest segments of the p
and hokus pokus performance magician david blaine attempts to go three days without food and sleep while channeling an electric current of more than a million volts for more details on the magician stunt visit r t dot com. it's a day of campaign silence in venezuela ahead of the tightly contested presidential vote the election will reveal how many lawyers how many remain loyal to the outspoken socialist leader who goes chavez his opponent and rekick a privilege as a young lawyer and staunch...
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going for shock value, david blaine is at it again. this time, spending three days standing in the middle of a million volts of electricity, wearing a 27-pound chain male suit. they are shooting bolds of electricity through him. all of that voltage is going through his suit, not his body. and this is completely safe. >> this looks like an awesome idea. >> why don't you try it. >> you would like to see it. >>> the last word on president obama's barely-there debate performance, coming from "saturday night live." >> you have to hand it to mitt romney because president obama sure did. many political experts were surprised that during wednesday's debate, president obama failed to mention mitt romney's infamous 47% comment. president obama took the high road, forgetting that that road, leads to building houses with jimmy carter. more than 70 million people watch wednesday's debate on tv, online, or from one of the podiums. [ laughter ] fox news. when that thing ended, you must have looked at each other and said, i think we can report this on
going for shock value, david blaine is at it again. this time, spending three days standing in the middle of a million volts of electricity, wearing a 27-pound chain male suit. they are shooting bolds of electricity through him. all of that voltage is going through his suit, not his body. and this is completely safe. >> this looks like an awesome idea. >> why don't you try it. >> you would like to see it. >>> the last word on president obama's barely-there debate...
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. >>> magician david blaine's latest stunt has made him lightning rod for criticism online. fans can watch live on youtube as blaine spends three straight days standing in a 1 million volt manmade lightning storm while wearing a metal suit. a 69-year-old physics professor says the trick is so tame he'd do it himself, but he would need to take a nap. >>> and jay-z and his wife beyonce brought down the house with their final concert this weekend to open the new barclay center in brooklyn. he even took the subway to the show where the couple performed "young forever" and "crazy in love." cool concert all right. 8:04. now back outside to savannah and willie. >> let's check in with maria i larosa to ask her what the temperature is. >> a little bit chilly, a hardy crew ready to take on the chill. let's take a look at lima, ohio, our pick city. wlio, sunny and cool and 56 degrees. bright sunshine that's obviously not going to do a whole lot in a lot of spots, but a we're seeing temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average. rain with temperatures also into the 40s and 50s. a little b
. >>> magician david blaine's latest stunt has made him lightning rod for criticism online. fans can watch live on youtube as blaine spends three straight days standing in a 1 million volt manmade lightning storm while wearing a metal suit. a 69-year-old physics professor says the trick is so tame he'd do it himself, but he would need to take a nap. >>> and jay-z and his wife beyonce brought down the house with their final concert this weekend to open the new barclay center in...
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. >>> magician david blaine's latest stunt made him a lightning rod for criticism online. fans can watch live on youtube as blaine spends three straight days standing in a one-million volt man made lightning storm while wearing a metal suit. a 69-year-old physics professor says the trick is so tame he would do it himself but he would need to take a nap. >>> and jay-z and beyonce brought down the house with their last concert in brooklyn. hometown hero jay-z even took the subway to the show where the couple had a duet including "young forever" and "crazy in love." >>> 8:04 right now. let's go back outside to savannah and willie. >> thank you, natalie. let's go to maria larosa to find out what is the temperature. maybe she knows. >> ask a professional. >> a little chilly in new york city, feeling the breeze, but we have a great crowd to take on new york's chill. the question is, are you? we'll look at lima, ohio, to wlio, sunny, cool and 56 degrees. we have some bright sunshine obviously not going to do a whole lot in a lot of spots because we are seeing temperatures 10 to 2
. >>> magician david blaine's latest stunt made him a lightning rod for criticism online. fans can watch live on youtube as blaine spends three straight days standing in a one-million volt man made lightning storm while wearing a metal suit. a 69-year-old physics professor says the trick is so tame he would do it himself but he would need to take a nap. >>> and jay-z and beyonce brought down the house with their last concert in brooklyn. hometown hero jay-z even took the...